Hi Carol...the picture is not the same as your link...but I already told somebody that and they are working on fixing the problems. When I X out of your link it X me out of the whole canadian gardening forum.

I know you guys have been working hard on this... but for me this is a downgrade not an upgrade. Anyways here are the things I think could be improved.

The ads and control panel worked best on top and bottom, on the side, it's removing 30% of the text space.

Page is too bright, this will be too tiring for the eyes. There's a reason why most forums have soft backgrounds.

Too much posts on one page when viewing a forum. Single posts within that list also take to much space. Takes to much time to load.

Please don't take this as complaining, I'm an IT exec and I know how these changes can be difficult. But as an IT exec I also know that this is not the kind of colour scheme and layout my team is allowed to use or would use.